Buergermeister expresses thanks - Letter to the Editor

To our absolutely finest friends and neighbors, we send our thanks for all of your kind expressions of congratulations on my selection as der Buergermeister for 2003. What a wonderful experience.

There is no way we can list your names as the effort just becomes a list comparable to the entire county of Otsego, and with a smattering of outer Michigan, Florida, and as far away as England and Majorca. Your publisher, Jim Grisso and his committee were responsible for my selection as 2003 Buergermeister and for this honor I humbly thank you.

You can debate whether deserving or not, my hope is that a renewed effort to expand and enhance the Alpine Village is the winner.